Paul Cairns

14.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
194 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Paul Cairns is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Human-Computer Interaction and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Cairns has authored 194 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 46 papers in Human-Computer Interaction and 42 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Paul Cairns's work include Digital Games and Media (44 papers), Educational Games and Gamification (38 papers) and Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (20 papers). Paul Cairns is often cited by papers focused on Digital Games and Media (44 papers), Educational Games and Gamification (38 papers) and Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (20 papers). Paul Cairns collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Paul Cairns's co-authors include Emily Brown, Anna L. Cox, David Zendle, Victor J. Morris, Charlene Jennett, Alison M. Walton, Tim Tijs, Heather L. O’Brien, Mark Hall and M. J. Miles and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Macromolecules.

In The Last Decade

Paul Cairns

191 papers receiving 7.5k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Measuring and defining the experience of immersion in games

2008 1.3k citations Charlene Jennett, Anna L. Cox et al. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies profile →
A grounded investigation of game immersion

2004 688 citations Paul Cairns et al. profile →
A practical approach to measuring user engagement with the refined user engagement scale (UES) and new UES short form

2018 538 citations Paul Cairns et al. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Beyond Aesthetics: Evaluating Response Widgets for Reliability & Construct Validity of Scale Questionnaires 2024 ·ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam) ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Karola Marky, Mohamed Khamis, Paul Cairns	1
2	‘The bandwidth comes and goes’: Gaming preferences, habits and attitudes in a persistent low mood population 2023 ·(unknown), Ioanna Iacovides, Paul Cairns	3
3	Growing together: An analysis of measurement transparency across 15 years of player motivation questionnaires 2022 ·International Journal of Human-Computer Studies ·(unknown), (unknown), Paul Cairns	3
4	Enabled Players: The Value of Accessible Digital Games 2019 ·Games and Culture ·Paul Cairns, Christopher Power, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	47
5	Paying for loot boxes is linked to problem gambling, regardless of specific features like cash-out and pay-to-win 2019 ·Computers in Human Behavior ·David Zendle, Paul Cairns, (unknown), Cade McCall	96
6	Measuring perceived challenge in digital games: Development & validation of the challenge originating from recent gameplay interaction scale (CORGIS) 2019 ·International Journal of Human-Computer Studies ·Alena Denisova, Paul Cairns, Christian Guckelsberger, David Zendle	67
7	Future design of accessibility in games: A design vocabulary 2019 ·International Journal of Human-Computer Studies ·Paul Cairns, Christopher Power, (unknown), (unknown)	32
8	Player experience and deceptive expectations of difficulty adaptation in digital games 2018 ·Entertainment Computing ·Alena Denisova, Paul Cairns	23
9	Busy doing nothing? What do players do in idle games? 2018 ·International Journal of Human-Computer Studies ·(unknown), (unknown), Paul Cairns	17
10	Why Engagement Matters: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives and Innovations on User Engagement with Digital Media 2016 ·Springer eBooks ·Heather O’Brien, Paul Cairns	7
11	Mining Rules from Player Experience and Activity Data 2012 ·Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment ·Jeremy Gow, Simon Colton, Paul Cairns, Paul Miller	3
12	Character Education Using Pedagogical Agents and Socratic Voice 2010 ·CSU ePress (Columbus State University) ·Rania Hodhod, Daniel Kudenko⋆, Paul Cairns	1
13	Assessing the Gaming Experience using Puppetry 2008 ·Human Factors in Computing Systems ·(unknown), Paul Cairns, Ann Blandford	1
14	Research Methods for Human-Computer Interaction 2008 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·Paul Cairns, Ann Blandford, Anne Adams, Natalie J. Webb, Anna L. Cox, Michael D. Harrison, Alan Dix, Harold Thimbleby	236
15	Subjective Information Visualizations 2006 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·(unknown), Paul Cairns, Ann Blandford	2
16	Further investigations into post-completion error : the effects of interruption position and duration 2006 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Simon Y. W. Li, Anna L. Cox, Ann Blandford, Paul Cairns, Richard M. Young, (unknown)	23
17	The use of eyetracking for measuring immersion. 2006 ·Magnetic Resonance Imaging ·Anna L. Cox, Paul Cairns, Nadia Bianchi‐Berthouze, Charlene Jennett	11
18	Quantifying the experience of immersion in games. 2006 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Paul Cairns, Anna L. Cox, Nadia Bianchi‐Berthouze, Charlene Jennett, (unknown)	24
19	Alcor: A user interface for Mizar 2004 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Paul Cairns	1
20	Evaluating a Novel Calculator Interface 2004 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Paul Cairns, (unknown), Harold Thimbleby	1

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